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There are many types of war.

There are just and unjust.

Punitive and aggressive.

Conquering, and plundering and destroying.

Obviously, the nature of the war that Wan Chengguo wants to fight against Nanyuanzhou this time should fall into the latter category.

The purpose is to obtain the land and population of Nanyuan Continent, seize the opponent's spiritual veins and resources, and achieve permanent occupation.

But to achieve this goal, a large number of troops will be needed.

For example, there are thousands of cities in Nanyuan Continent, with an average population of 1.5 million per city. Based on 1,000 troops per city, Wancheng Kingdom must dispatch at least one million troops to achieve full occupation.

However, under the guidance of the strategy of elite troops, Wancheng Kingdom's standing regular army only consisted of four fleets and more than 300,000 people (all monks).

The four major sects together have tens of thousands of monks, which can form an army of 50,000.

With the strength of these two groups, there is no problem in taking over Nan Yuan Continent.

The problem is to achieve long-term and effective occupation and management, and to continuously reap benefits.

Just like a python, it is easy to kill an elephant, but it is quite difficult to swallow it and digest it.

what to do?

The top management of Wancheng Kingdom is also aware of this problem.

Seeing the participating city-states desperately waving their spiritual coins and expressing their willingness to contribute money and efforts through various channels to help capture Nanyuan Continent, the senior officials immediately came up with a solution.

civil power.

Borrow private power.

There are currently more than a thousand cities in Wancheng Kingdom, which is equivalent to the number of cities in Nanyuanzhou.

These cities, even if each city sends a thousand troops, can pull out an army of one million.

And a thousand troops are like drizzle to the cities in Wancheng.

Not to mention one thousand, it is easy to pull out ten thousand...but the quality of the soldiers will be slightly reduced.

Looking at the current level of enthusiasm in various cities, the mobilization work just needs a nod.

There is even a need to carry out certain screening to avoid a mixture of good and bad, making it difficult to command and control.

Therefore, after some consultations and discussions, the senior officials of Wancheng Kingdom formulated five standards for various civilian forces to join the expeditionary legion.

1. First, a security deposit of 5 million spiritual coins must be handed over to replenish the national treasury.

2. The main leader of the civilian army must have a national contribution of more than 10,000.

3. The number of civilian legions must be no less than 800 and no more than 1,000. They must provide their own weapons and food, and the proportion of monks must not be less than one-third.

4. Before going on an expedition, you must receive regular military training for more than three months.

5. After the expedition, you must obey the orders of the National Defense Forces and obey the commands. If there is any violation, you will be sent back to your country immediately.

After these five items were announced, the entire Wancheng Kingdom was filled with joy.

Then various civilian corps sprung up in various cities.

Business in the weapons market is extremely hot. Armor, swords, spiritual pistols, spiritual guns, powerful crossbows... almost all are sold out.

All types of military uniforms, military boots, and military accessories are also in short supply, and factories have to rush to produce them.

Even all kinds of long-shelf-life military rations, canned foods, high-energy biscuits and other foods were all swept away.

Within a month, at least 3,000 civilian corps were established in Wancheng's country.

And they are all full regiments of a thousand people.

Of course, there are only 1,000 indicators given by the state, and at least two-thirds will be eliminated... Only the elite can be selected.

Therefore, as soon as these civilian corps are established, they immediately hire professional officers with high salaries and invest in high-intensity training in order to win the quota for the expedition.

It can be predicted that the performance of the 1,000 civilian legions selected will not be much worse than that of the regular army after being invested in Nanyuan Continent.

Zhou Ming praised this repeatedly.

"This generation of senior management is indeed very smart."

"A thousand civilian legions have gathered 5 billion spiritual coins in terms of deposit alone."

"For millions of soldiers, weapons and equipment, food and supplies, and salaries and benefits do not cost the state a penny. They are all borne by private individuals."

"Even so, the response from the public has been overwhelmingly positive. Major families have actively participated, invested heavily in recruiting talents, and trained diligently for fear of missing out on opportunities."

"Facing this kind of force that has been fully mobilized from the official to the private sector, Nanyuanzhou will be over soon."

Zhou Ming predicted that the war would end in a relatively short period of time.

And Wanchengguo's losses will not be much.

Some people may be worried about Nanyuanzhou's high-end combat power.

For example, there are thousands of immortals in the Gudan period in Nanyuanzhou.

There are six or seven ancestors in the trance stage in Nanyuanzhou.

These are forces that cannot be underestimated and are very likely to cause damage to Wan Chengguo.

However, the combination of Lingyuan battleship + air defense armor, tens of thousands of Lingyuan cannons, hundreds of thousands of Lingyuan guns, plus wireless telegraphy for instant communication...

Zhou Ming predicted that the casualties of Wan Chengguo's expeditionary army would not exceed four figures.

Therefore, he should study hard in the academy and not have to pay attention to these news all day long.

…

Two months later.

End of January.

The college is on holiday.

Zhou Ming returned to his hometown, Hyun Qingcheng.

He was immediately startled by the scene in front of him.

The entire Xuqing City has an influx of millions of foreign residents.

The vast majority of them are soldiers, and a small number are businessmen and various service industry personnel who came after hearing the news.

Hundreds of civilian legions from various cities also gathered here to prepare for the selection.

Supplies at the airport are piled up like mountains, and there are more than a thousand Royal Air passenger planes.

The restaurants and hotels in the city were already full, and hundreds of thousands of people could only live in outdoor tents, forming a huge military camp around Hyunqing City.

At high altitude, there are twenty-four Lingyuan warships in neat formation every day, performing combat readiness patrols.

Those monks who put on the aerial battle armor and wrapped their whole bodies in it were flying in the air at high speed, menacing and majestic.

The expedition was getting closer and closer, and there was an atmosphere of tension and excitement in various military camps.

…

Hyun Qing City, the city lord's mansion.

In the banquet hall for entertaining distinguished guests.

The Bai family was fortunate enough to invite General Fan Yangzhi, a general in his sixties who was leading the expedition, to the Bai Mansion.

Zhou Ming also attended the banquet and sat next to the old man.

In order to let Zhou Ming get to know more important people, the old man strongly recommended his grandson in front of Fan Yangzhi at the banquet and listed many deeds about him.

For example, building the 'Xuanqing Highway', attracting investment, developing the economy of Xiangqing City, and then deepening the Xuanqing fruit industry and developing Guoguo rabbit breeding... The development process of Xiangqing City for more than ten years has this treasure step by step. Thanks to Sun Tzu.

Moreover, he had excellent academic performance, won the first prize in the college entrance examination, and entered Daxian College. During his studies at school, he invented the Lingyuan wave wired telegraph and the Lingyuan typewriter.

Listening to these introductions, Fan Yangzhi felt nothing at first, and even had a hint of impatience. But when he suddenly heard the word "Lingyuanbo Cable Telegram", his eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his head and asked Zhou Ming: "Lingyuanbo Cable Telegram" Did you invent the telegraph? Isn’t the inventor a person named Zhou Yuan?”

"Zhou Yuan is my pseudonym, and my real name is Bai Feiyang." Zhou Ming explained.

"So that's it..."

Fan Yangzhi nodded and began to show great interest in the inventor of the "Lingyuan Wave Telegraph". He asked many related questions. Seeing that he answered fluently and explained the principles clearly and thoroughly, he no longer had any doubts. , the eyes looking at him gradually became eager.

This young man is a rare talent and has great training value.

In order to test him, he also asked him a few questions...about the war to conquer Nanyuanzhou.

"Can we, Wan Chengguo, win?" Fan Yangzhi asked.

"Just like an adult beating a young child, our country of Wan Cheng will surely win." Zhou Ming replied.

"Adults beating young children?"

This metaphor made Fan Yangzhi laugh, but he still asked him: "Why do you think so?"

Zhou Ming analyzed one by one from the aspects of national strength, scientific and technological strength, organizational strength, overall mobilization strength, and military combat effectiveness, and concluded that Wan Chengguo would win easily.

Fan Yangzhi stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly, looking quite surprised. A sixteen-year-old boy had such profound insight and comprehensive analysis ability, which really impressed him.

The more he looked at the young man in front of him, the more satisfied he became.

However, Wan Cheng Guo won, and any discerning person who has a little understanding of Wan Cheng Guo's comprehensive national strength can come to this conclusion.

He wanted to hear some different perspectives...preferably ones he had never heard before.

So he asked: "Feiyang, as you said, Wancheng Kingdom will definitely win, just as easily as an adult beating a child, but isn't there any potential danger, and won't it face any major losses? You know, Nan Yuan The continent is twice as big as my Wancheng Kingdom."

"If there's a big loss, that might be a good thing."

Zhou Ming's words were surprising, and he said with a worried look on his face: "I'm afraid that Nanyuanzhou was taken too easily and the losses were too slight. All parties in Wancheng Kingdom have benefited greatly, and they have embarked on a path of constantly launching wars and waging war all year round. Return, that would be a bad thing.”

Want to be militaristic?

Fan Yangzhi was slightly startled by this word, and then said with a smile: "Feiyang, you are really worrying too much."

Fan Yangzhi felt a little dissatisfied.

In his heart, he even hoped to fight more wars, gain more glory, and accumulate more merits.

After all, he had been a peace soldier for more than forty years and had already had enough. So when he saw that it meant to devour Nanyuanzhou, his mind immediately became active, drained his mind and exhausted his connections. Only then did he take his third fleet and seize the opportunity to go to Nanyuan Continent.

Didn't the other three fleets that didn't get the chance hate him so much that they spoke ill of him in front of the congressmen every day?

War is a rare opportunity, and war can reflect the meaning of existence of their soldiers. Peace is a blessing for hundreds of millions of people, but it is a misfortune for soldiers who long to make contributions.

Therefore, if possible, Fan Yangzhi hopes that there will always be wars.

Until these soldiers have established enough meritorious service, or become tired of war.

Before that, they really didn't want the war to end prematurely.

Because peace is so boring.